Kai the star in Elemental event 16 Jul 2021 08:39 AM Photo: Tala Pasifika Productions Facebook.
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Tausani Simei-Papalii: Kai the star in Elemental event
Usually dinner theatre means a meal served up before a play or concert in a restaurant, but for an event in the Auckland Elemental Festival, the kai is very much part of the theatre.
Usually, dinner theatre means a meal served up before a play or concert in a restaurant, but for an event in the Auckland Elemental Festival, the kai is very much part of the theatre.
Artistic director Tausani Simei-Papalii came up with the idea of Takurua: Battle of the Brothers while working as head chef at Sails Restaurant in Rarotonga, where he saw it as a way to highlight Pacific culinary and cultural traditions.
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Press Release – PCF
The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament on Wednesday.
The awards ceremony was hosted by the Hon Aupito William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.
PCF lead/management consultant Afamasaga Jackie Curry said, “The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.
“Pacific people are a growing, youthful and diverse population both in New Zealand and in the Pacific region, so these awards acknowledge and encourage the contribution and achievements of our young Pacific emerging leaders as well as their families who support them,” Afamasaga said.